Vodafone UK launches its first â€˜4G-readyâ€™ phone, the BlackBerry Z10

Vodafone UK is launching the BlackBerryÂ® Z10, the first smartphone powered by the re-designed, re-engineered and re-invented BlackBerryÂ® 10 platform and the first of Vodafoneâ€™s â€˜4G-readyâ€™ handsets. The new BlackBerry Z10 is the fastest and most advanced BlackBerry smartphone yet and offers customers a powerful new mobile computing experience.

The new BlackBerry Z10 will be available from January 31, in-store, online and through telesales. The smartphone is just Â£29 on the Â£42 a month Vodafone Red Data plan, which comes with unlimited calls and texts as well as 2GB of internet. It is free on the Â£47 a month variant of Vodafone Red Data and costs Â£69 on the Vodafone Red Plan, which offers unlimited calls, unlimited texts and 1GB of internet for Â£37 a month. All new and upgrading Vodafone pay monthly customers also get as much internet as they want, for whatever they want, for the first three months, with Vodafone Data Test Drive.

For small business customers, the BlackBerry Z10 is available free on Vodafone Red Business from Â£40.83 (ex VAT) per month. Vodafone Red Business gives business users the freedom to talk and text as much as they want, enjoy loads of internet and get a landline number on their mobile so they can answer any calls when out and about. For more information, visit vodafone.co.uk/redbusiness

The BlackBerry Z10 smartphone is the first handset from Vodafone that is â€˜4G-readyâ€™. Getting one of our 4G-ready phones means a customer will be good to go as soon as Vodafone 4G arrives, bringing them ultra-fast internet and the best mobile video theyâ€™ve ever had from us. Once a customer has got their new phone, weâ€™ll let them know the moment Vodafone 4G is available in their area. Then we can talk about adding Vodafone 4G to their monthly plan. For more information, visit vodafone.co.uk/4G-ready. We are planning to launch 4G services later this year and we intend to use a signal that travels further into a customerâ€™s home than any 4G signal thatâ€™s available now.